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I don't think I've used ports on FreeBSD and have stuck with pkg. PC-BSD has a pretty extensive package management system[1], and and NetBSD's package manageme
by protomyth 11y ago
I don't think I've used ports on FreeBSD and have stuck with pkg. PC-BSD has a pretty extensive package management system[1], and and NetBSD's package management is used by multiple operating systems[2].
Ports isn't really used unless you have some pretty specific needs.
1) http://web.pcbsd.org/doc-archive/10.1.2/html/update.html http://web.pcbsd.org/doc-archive/10.1.2/html/update.html
2) http://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html http://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html